Luton Town FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Luton Town FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at Kenilworth Road.
- Luton Town FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Jul Birmingham City FC H 0–0 D 16 May Huddersfield Town AFC A 0–1 L 07 May Reading FC H 1–0 W 02 May Fulham FC A 0–7 L 23 Apr Blackpool FC H 1–1 D 18 Apr Cardiff City FC A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Jul Luton Town FC A 0–0 D 07 May Blackburn Rovers FC H 1–2 L 30 Apr Cardiff City FC A 1–1 D 23 Apr Millwall FC H 2–2 D 18 Apr Blackpool FC A 1–6 L 15 Apr Coventry City FC H 2–4 L Key Stats
38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Birmingham City FC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-601/–61-751/176+1/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Kenilworth Road that hosts another battle between Luton Town FC and Birmingham City FC.
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Birmingham City FC that had 382 games and scored 397 goals.
- 10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 15' Juninho Bacuna needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Birmingham City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 35' Birmingham City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 35.
- 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Auston Trusty, as he is very good at scoring at Kenilworth Road with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 50' Dion Sanderson was booked on 50.
- 55' Birmingham City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 65' The travelling Birmingham City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 70' Another substitution for Luton Town FC to replace Luke Freeman by Cauley Woodrow on 70 minute.
- 75' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 78' Time for substitution for Birmingham City FC. Troy Deeney is replaced by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
- 83' Jordan Graham is replacing Przemyslaw Placheta for the Birmingham City FC side.
- 84' Another change for Luton Town FC made on 84 minute. Elijah Adebayo leaves to be changed by Cameron Jerome.
- 89' It looks surprising Luton Town FC does not make any changes. Lukas Jutkiewicz has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Luton Town FC Lineups
Starting XI
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30
Luke Freeman ↓ Cauley Woodrow 70'
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- 29
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9
Carlton Morris ↓ Harry Cornick 70'
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11
Elijah Adebayo ↓ Cameron Jerome 84'
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- 5
- 32
- 22
Bench
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10
Cauley Woodrow ↑ 70'
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- 4
- 33
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Harry Cornick ↑ 70'
- 19
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35
Cameron Jerome ↑ 84'
Coach Nathan JonesBirmingham City FC Lineups
Starting XI
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8
Troy Deeney ↓ Lukas Jutkiewicz 78'
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- 4
- 2
- 21
- 9
- 5
- 28
- 17
- 19
Bench
- 14
- 1
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11
Jordan Graham ↑ 83'
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10
Lukas Jutkiewicz ↑ 78'
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- 42
- 27
Coach John Eustace -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Scott Hogan 3 Lukas Jutkiewicz 3 Gary Gardner 2 Matthew Pearson 1 Daniel Potts 1 Chuks Aneke 1 Marc Roberts 1 Juninho Bacuna 1 Head to Head
Luton Town FC Form
Birmingham City FC Form
2022-07-30 Luton Town FC 0–0 Birmingham City FC D 2022-05-07 Birmingham City FC 1–2 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2022-04-30 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2022-04-23 Birmingham City FC 2–2 Millwall FC D 2022-04-18 Blackpool FC 6–1 Birmingham City FC L 2022-04-15 Birmingham City FC 2–4 Coventry City FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.1 Luton Town FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.02 Birmingham City FC xGI would bet for: Luton Town FC or Draw 70% + Under 2.5 goals 65%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.12Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 63% 37% ± 2.5 35% 65% ± 3.5 17% 83% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Luton Town FC or Draw 70%Draw or Birmingham City FC 61%Luton Town FC or Birmingham City FC 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.4%0 – 0 Actual1 – 0 12%0 – 1 10.9%2 – 1 7.2%2 – 0 7%1 – 2 6.6%0 – 2 5.9%2 – 2 3.8%3 – 1 2.7%3 – 0 2.5%1 – 3 2.3%Asian Handicap — Luton Town FC
Handicap Luton Town FC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 21% 64% -0.5 36% — 64% +0.5 69% — 31% +1 69% 19% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Luton Town FC keeps clean sheet 37% ✗Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet 34% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.